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H1961הָיָהha.yah

to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 316
  2. 235
  3. 147
  4. 180
  5. 171
  6. 145
  7. 122
  8. 21
  9. 168
  10. 153
  11. 197
  12. 120
  13. 105
  14. 133
  15. 5
  16. 48
  17. 17
  18. 50
  19. 104
  20. 28
  21. 47
  22. 4
  23. 211
  24. 264
  25. 23
  26. 337
  27. 23
  28. 27
  29. 11
  30. 10
  31. 7
  32. 10
  33. 19
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 11
  37. 9
  38. 67
  39. 11

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 17:4

    As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

    וְהָיִ֕יתָ (הָיִ֕יתָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will become”

  2. Genesis 17:5

    No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

    וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  3. Genesis 17:7

    And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

    לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “become”

  4. Genesis 17:8

    And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

    וְהָיִ֥יתִי (הָיִ֥יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will become”

  5. Genesis 17:11

    In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

    וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will become”

  6. Genesis 17:13

    He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

    וְהָיְתָ֧ה (הָיְתָ֧ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”

  7. Genesis 17:16

    And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

    וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה (הָֽיְתָ֣ה) ha.ye.Tah “she will become”יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu “they will be”

  8. Genesis 18:11

    Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

    לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

  9. Genesis 18:12

    And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

    הָֽיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “has it be[longed]?”

  10. Genesis 18:18

    Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

    הָי֧וֹ ha.Yo “certainly <to become>”יִֽהְיֶ֛ה yih.Yeh “he will become”

  11. Genesis 18:25

    Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

    וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  12. Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”

  13. Genesis 19:17

    And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

    וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

  14. Genesis 19:26

    But Lot's wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt.

    וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she was”

  15. Genesis 19:29

    So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  16. Genesis 19:34

    And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  17. Genesis 20:12

    And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

    וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she became”

  18. Genesis 20:13

    And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

    וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

  19. Genesis 21:20

    And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

    וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “he was”וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he was”

  20. Genesis 21:22

    Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  21. Genesis 21:30

    And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

    תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it may become”

  22. Genesis 22:1

    Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  23. Genesis 22:20

    After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  24. Genesis 23:1

    Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.

    וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (יִּהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  25. Genesis 24:14

    Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you hav

    וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”